Another strange thing happens is I try to mount /dev/hdb5 (a NTFS logical drive) to /home/samba/public using: mount /dev/hdb5 /home/samba/public and then stop and start samba. Now I cannot browse the public dir on samba from my XP. My goddess!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ow Mun Heng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "gentoo" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] samba problem > On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 16:05 +1000, Zhendong Zhou (Kyle) wrote: > > Hi, > > After installing samba with conf. attached below, I connected from XP Home > > ed. I can browse the directory public, but when I tried to copy some files > > in public to my local XP directory, it failed with 'wrong network path'. > > What happened? > > This sound weird. It's definately not a permission issue as far as I can > tell. since you're on the XP box and you're copying to the XP Box. Samba > permissions should not have anything to do with it. > > What about permissions on the XP directory? > > Are you using the netbios name or the IP address? Try the IP address. > > > > > > > > /etc/samba/smb.conf > > [global] > > workgroup = WORKGROUPserver string = Samba Server %v > > log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m > > max log size = 50 > > socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 > > interfaces = lo ath0 > > bind interfaces only = yes > > security = share > > guest account = samba > > guest ok = yes[public] > > comment = Public Files > > browseable = yes > > public = yes > > create mode = 0766 > > guest ok = yes > > path = /home/samba/public > > Thanks > > -- > Ow Mun Heng > Gentoo/Linux on DELL D600 1.4Ghz > 98% Microsoft(tm) Free!! > Neuromancer 14:13:04 up 15:45, 10 users, load average: 1.59, 1.08, 0.71 > > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
